Russia's powerful squad for the Olympic Games will be led by Alexander Popov and Denis Pankratov who helped to set a European relay record at the weekend. Pankratov and Popov combined with Vladimir Selkov and Roman Ivanovsky to clock 3min 37.48sec in the 4x100m medley relay at the Russian championships on Saturday, breaking the record set by Russia at the European championships in Vienna last August. .